Bug 477011 - Yum update of kernel on liveusb doesn't update syslinux
Summary: Yum update of kernel on liveusb doesn't update syslinux
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 446935
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mkinitrd
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2008-12-18 16:55 UTC by Mace Moneta
Modified: 2014-01-21 23:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-05-06 16:40:47 UTC
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Description Mace Moneta 2008-12-18 16:55:41 UTC 
Description of problem:

When using a liveusb thumbdrive with persistent data, yum updates can be applied.  However, updating the kernel, while it appears successful, doesn't update syslinux.  As a result, the newly installed kernel is never used.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

yum-3.2.20-5.fc10.noarch

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Boot liveusb thumbdrive with persistent data area.
2.yum update kernel
3.Reboot; old kernel used
  
Actual results:

New kernel never used

Expected results:

New kernel

Additional info:
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2009-05-06 16:40:47 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 446935 ***
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